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EDUCATION
United States investigation of Columbia University

NA (Out of court) | No Court

This matter involved United States investigations of Columbia University for alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On March 3, 2025, the Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education, and US General Services Administration, as part of the Federal Government's Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, announced they would conduct a comprehensive review of Columbia University's federal contracts and grants in conjunction with the T…

Administrative Matter Ongoing

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. v. Avant Realty LLC

1:25-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2025

This case is about discrimination based on race when providing housing information. On January 13, 2025, a nonprofit housing organization, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc. (HOME), filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court Western District of New York. Represented by NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the plaintiff sued a real estate company under the Fair Housing Act and New York State Human Rights Law. The plaintiff argued that the defendant, in violation of those statu…

Case Is Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Georgia State Conference v. State of Georgia

1:21-cv-05338 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This is a case about redistricting in Georgia.   On December 30, 2021, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), and Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Inc (GALEO) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Plaintiffs sued the State of Georgia, the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the Secretary of State of Georgia (collectively, “Defendants”) for …

Administrative Stay Granted

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Jones v. Chopra

1:18-cv-02132 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 2024

This case concerns alleged racial and gender discrimination at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On September 13, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, plaintiffs brought this suit against the acting director of the CFPB and the Bureau itself on behalf of a putative class of “racial minorities and females who worked for the CFPB as Consumer Response Specialists and who were subjected to discrimination and retaliation by CFPB due to their race or gender.” Filing …

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Texas State Conference of The NAACP v. Abbott

1:21-cv-01006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2021

Closed Date: May 23, 2022

The Texas State Conference of the NAACP (“NAACP”) sued Texas Governor Abbott and Texas Secretary of State John Scott on November 5, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. NAACP alleged that Texas’s newly enacted redistricting maps for the state house, the state senate, and U.S. Congress violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. First, NAACP asserted that race was the controlling factor the Texas legislature considered when drawing the voting maps, and that…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Maps Texas Action v. Abbott

1:21-cv-01038 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2021

Closed Date: March 24, 2025

This case is about Texas’s redistricting plans for the Texas House (House Plan 2316), Texas Senate (Senate Plan 2168), and for the U.S. House of Representatives (Congressional Plan 2193) following the 2020 census. On November 16, 2021, Fair Maps Texas Action Committee, a committee of seven nonprofits supporting equitable redistricting, as well as several other civil rights organizations and individual Texas voters, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

EDUCATION
Zhong v. Cornell University

3:25-cv-00365 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 22, 2025

This is a case about alleged racial discrimination in college admissions. On March 22, 2025, an individual who was denied admission to Cornell University, his father, and the advocacy group Students Who Oppose Racial Discrimination (SWORD) filed this lawsuit against Cornell in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Filing pro se, the plaintiffs sued under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 USC § 1983. They alleged that Cornell discriminates against Asian Ame…
EDUCATION
Students Against Racial Discrimination v. The Regents of The University of California

8:25-cv-00192 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

On February 3, 2025, Students Against Racial Discrimination filed this lawsuit against the University of California system in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the America First Legal Foundation, claimed that the university system engaged in racial discrimination during the student admissions process. According to the complaint, the universities in question gave preferential treatment to Black and Hispanic…
EDUCATION
Johnson v. The University of Oklahoma

5:24-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 15, 2024

This is a case about colleges' consideration of race in distribution of financial aid. On May 15, 2024, three white students filed a putative class action lawsuit against the University of Oklahoma and a series of University officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The plaintiffs alleged that the University discriminated in favor of Black students when awarding financial aid. They sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's Eq…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Casilao v. Hotelmacher LLC

5:17-cv-00800 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 26, 2017

This case challenged the legality of a scheme to recruit Filipino nationals to work in the United States under an H-2B visa. On July 26, 2017, three Filipino nationals recruited to work in the United States filed a class-action lawsuit against the owners of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) operating various hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment venues in Oklahoma. Plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Oklahoma, Legal Aid, and the Equal Justice Center. The suit was filed in the Unite…

Case Is Ongoing